SERVICES

Syracuse University Career Services can help connect your dots, from your first year through your last, and beyond. With a team focused on helping you discover your passions, explore your options, build skills, and make connections, we can assist you in discovering who you want to be and where you want to go. We will meet you where you are, whether you have a plan or not.

To access any of these services, please visit Suite 235 in Schine or call 315.443.3616

Career Counseling

During an hour-long appointment or a 15-Minute Drop-In, we can help you:

Resume and Cover Letter Writing

We can assist you in preparing documents to apply for jobs or graduate school. We do this during 15 Minute Drop-Ins, please remember to bring hard copies of all your documents.

Internship & Job Search

Not sure what you'd like to do, or where to start looking for internships or jobs? We can help you think about possibilities and search both locally and nationally. We can also help you develop a search plan by:

Interview Prep

Interviewing can be hard and takes practice!

We can help you plan your approach, prepare for questions, understand interview etiquette, and help you practice interviewing to simulate the actual experience. Through a practice interview we canl provide feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Practice interviews can be video-taped as well.

Networking & Social Media Help

We can help you:

Establish a network

Practice networking

Connect with alumni and employers

Develop and polish your LinkedIn profile

Determine which social paltforms your industry is using and a plan to begin engaging

Graduate School Planning

We can help you:

Work on your personal statement;

Narrow down your school selection;

Gather information;

Connect with alumni and current students at the schools you're exploring; and

Related topics.

Ph.D. and Grad Student Counseling

We can help you:

Refine and polish academic and non-academic materials

Create cover letters, statements of teaching philosophy, and other documents

Prepare for Skype, on-campus, and other forms of interviews

Overcome writers' block with dissertation and thesis progress

Strategize and conduct job searches

Alumni and Employer Connections

Connect with alumni and employer mentors in the career field you've always dreamed of, in the city you want to live. Find out first-hand how they succeeded and what advice they have to share.

We can help you connect with alumni and employers through:

LinkedIn and 'CuseConnect

Information sessions and Meets & Greets

Alumni Speaker Series

@WorkingOrange

Career Fairs, Workshops, "How-To's"

Events we host are:

Career Fairs

Diversity in the Workplace

Information Sessions/Meet & Greets

Workshops on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, etc

Events (e.g. Business Smarts, First Generation Ph.D., Out at Work)

Employer Events

and many more!

These events are great opportunities to connect with alumni and employers to explore career paths and gather more information. As well, as learn about opportunities you can apply to.

On-Campus Interviewing

We connect and work with employers from various and diverse fields and help them connect with you.

Each semester employers come to campus to interview students for full-time and internship opportunities. On-Campus Interview opportunities are posted in OrangeLink, our online database to help you connect with employers, internships, and jobs.

Check OrangeLink frequently—new opportunities can be entered at any time.

October and February are peak interviewing times. Be sure you don’t miss your dream employer’s deadlines.

OrangeLink

OrangeLink is our online database to help you connect with employers, internships, and jobs.